10 Overpowered Video Game Exploits You Won't Believe Are Real
5. One-Minute Zenith - Terraria
Terraria is a survival game that can take hundreds of hours to master, let alone beat. The first stages of the game can feel incredibly slow due to how long it takes to gather ingredients to make better gear and weapons, but if you can't bear the wait, there is an exploit that allows you to get Terraria's strongest sword, Zenith, within a minute!
To get the exploit to work, you need to have at least one achievement that you haven't completed yet (this is why the cheat is actually easier to do early game, as you can get an achievement for something simple like cutting a tree).
Before you complete it, bring over the guide NPC to where you're going to get the achievement, and then ask him for the blueprint for Zenith by crafting a simple copper sword and then placing it in his inventory.
As soon as you do that, you can complete the achievement and then click the popup that boots up the full list of your accomplishments.
If done correctly, the menu will showcase the bugged Zenith icon, which you can click to obtain the weapon without all the necessary crafting ingredients!
Just remember that the exploit will only work if you haven't got all the achievements, so our condolences for all the Terraria perfectionists out there!